The two Republican congressmen plan is to hold a press conference with local business leaders and then take a boat tour on the Houston Ship Channel to get a view of the energy and manufacturing infrastructure in the world’s energy capital.

“I’m looking forward to showing House Majority Whip McCarthy the important energy development that is happening here in Houston,” says Olson, a Sugar Land Republican. “We are the epicenter for energy production and it’s critically important for our leaders in Washington to understand how federal policies are impacting our ability to produce the energy America needs.”

The two representatives’ energy tour is scheduled for the day after the Senate voted down President Obama’s proposal to repeal tax breaks for oil companies. Safe to say, Obama’s policy doesn’t appeal to Rep. Olson.

“President Obama wants to end the tax incentives that help provide nine million American jobs and affordable American energy, and give them to a green energy market that is not ripe to meet our energy needs,” Olson wrote in a press release Thursday. “Indeed, most of these incentives don’t go to big oil companies as the President and his far left friends want you to believe. They go to smaller independents, the ‘wildcatters,’ who drill nearly 90 percent of the oil and gas wells in America. These independents simply won’t survive without these important incentives.”

McCarthy, who represents Bakersfield, Calif., points to other areas where he disagrees with Obama on energy policy.

“The Obama administration’s energy policies have pushed gas prices to historically high levels and significantly diminished job-creation opportunities,” he says. “A recent poll shows 68 percent of Americans disapprove of how the President is responding to increasing gas prices. The President has failed to reduce the daily burdens faced by Americans. He has inaccurately claimed fully embracing an ‘all-of-the-above’ energy agenda as he has personally lobbied against Senate action on the Keystone pipeline.”

McCarthy tells Texas on the Potomac that he is looking forward to visiting Houston.

“It’s an excellent opportunity to witness firsthand the positive impact the energy industry has on the city of Houston and how it contributes to our economic and energy security throughout the country,” he says.

UPDATE: The energy tour is not the only business the two congressmen have when they are in Houston. Dana Benoit from Rep. Olson’s campaign office says they have two campaign events scheduled during Rep. McCarthy’s visit.